Triple monitors

maklabouhlel · 18 Apr 2015 at 18:38

I need some advice please. I apologise if this has been covered before but I'm about to purchase a 4790k and a Gigabyte Z97 motherboard and want to use triple monitors using the inbuilt gpu without a dedicated card until the next generation amd/nvidia graphics are available. Does the inbuilt gpu support triple monitors? What ports will I need on the motherboard?

TheSkateyBird · 18 Apr 2015 at 18:41

I've run two monitors off of inbuilt graphics on a i3 3220 using HDMI and DVI so I assume so.

Edit:

According to Intel's website you can: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-033714.htm

stulid · 18 Apr 2015 at 18:41

Yes you can use three monitors on a Z97 board and that CPU.

The ports you need are the ones your monitors have. Not all Z97 have three outputs etec.

maklabouhlel · 18 Apr 2015 at 19:14

stulid said:
Yes you can use three monitors on a Z97 board and that CPU.

The ports you need are the ones your monitors have. Not all Z97 have three outputs etec.

I read somewhere that you need a displayport?

stulid · 18 Apr 2015 at 19:18

You can mix and match, but some ports have limtaions on resolution etc.

Take this board for example - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4959#ov

Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel® HD Graphics support:
1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz or 2560x1600@60Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4a version.
Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
Maximum shared memory of 512MB